Turpentine-cup.



No. 897,126. PATENTED AUG. 25, 1908. E. A. McKOY.

TURPENTINE CUP. APPLICATION FILED JULY 10, 1907.

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UNI ED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

EDWIN A. MCKOY, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

TURPENTINE-CUP.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN A. McKoY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Turpentine-Cups; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of.the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to turpentine cups and has for an object to provide a cup embodying means for covering the cup without interfering with the introduction of gum therein.

A further object of the invention is to provide in a device of the class an apron adapted for attachment to a gum tree, a receptacle adapted to be supported from the apron, and a cover member adapted to close the upper open side of the receptacle and to be maintained in position by the apron.

With these and other objects in view, the invention comprises certain novel constructions, combinations and arrangements of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings z-Figure 1 is a perspective view of an apron and receptacle with the improved covering member associated therewith. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a slightly modified form of covering member. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of still another slightly different embodiment of the invention. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the modification of the apron for association with an apron having a longitudinally extending wire at its lower edge, Fig. 5 is a View in end elevation of a slightly modified form of end flange in which a hook is produced for engaging the cover member. Fig. 6 is a View of a fragment of the cover member showing more clearly the employment of a roll without the wire hinge.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

The improved covering member forming the subject-matter of this application is adapted for association with an apron, as 10, and receptacle, as 11, the former of which is provided with upturned hooks 12 adapted to support the latter the said'hooks being pro- Specification of Letters IPatent.

Application filed July 10, 1907.

Patented Aug. 25, 1908.

Serial No. 383,089.

duced in any approved manner and of any approved material as of wire as shown.

The cover comprises a substantially plain piece of sheet material 13 with means for hinged engagement with the apron as by means of the wire 14 embraced within the roll 15 of the apron or the roll simply without a wire, and with cut-out portions 16 disclosing sections of the roll or wire 14 positioned to engage over the hooks 12. It will thus be seen that the cover member is disposed somewhat above the plane of the apron 10 so that between the said apron 10 and the upper edge of the covering member is defined a slot or interval sufficient to permit the introduction therethrough of the gum which runs down the apron and into the receptacle 11.

Instead of employing the wire 14 and the cut-out portions 16 slots 17 may be provided in the cover adjacent its opposite ends and its upper side, or openings 18 of different form may be substituted, as shown in Fig. 3, and when the covering member is so provided with openings it is disposed upon the hooks 12, as above described.

For use in association with the apron hav ing the wire 19 extending at each end longitudinally beyond the end of the apron, ears 20 may be produced upon the ends of the cover member 13 and turned downwardly, and provided with openings 21 proportioned and positioned to embrace the wire 19 and form a hinge thereon, the latter construction being shown in Fig. 4.

It will thus be seen that the apron 10 and receptacle 11, may be any common apron, and receptacle, employed in substantially the usual and ordinary manner and that the cover member 13 may be associated therewith as occasion may make necessary or expedient.

Instead of employing the wire hooks 12 or the wire 19 the end flange 22 of the apron may be provided with a curved slot 23, formed therein as shown particularly in Fig. 5, producing thereby a hook member 24 adapted and proportioned to engage either of the cover members shown at Figs. 1, 2 or 3.

As shown in Fig. 1, the cover member 13 closes the inner u per open side of the receptacle, but whether or not the inner open side is closed depends upon the proportion of the cover member to the receptacle, and if the cover member is made narrower than the receptacle a space or slot is left between the front outer edge of the receptacle and the edge of the cover to permit the introduction into the receptacle of any gum which may fall upon the cover by reason of deflection by the wind or leaning trees or other cause, and in cases as above cited it will be found desirable to employ the narrower cover for the purpose described.

What I claim is 1. In a device of the class described, a substantially plain apron provided with engaging means spaced apart longitudinally, a receptacle adapted to be supported from the apron and a receptacle cover provided with means adjacent its opposite sides for interengaging with the engaging means of the apron and to produce thereby a hinged joint.

2. In a device of the class described, a substantially plain apron provided with engaging means spaced apart longitudinally, a

receptacle adapted to be supported from the apron and a receptacle cover provided with means adjacent its opposite ends adapted to interengage with the engaging means of and to space the cover member slightly away from the plane of the apron.

3. In a device of the class described, an apron provided with receptacle-engaging means, a receptacle adapted to be supported from said means, and a cover for said receptacle, hinged upon said engaging means.

4. In a device of the class described, an apron provided with receptacle engaging means, and a cover for the receptacle provided with openings adapted to removably engage over and upon said engaging means.

5. In a device of the class described, an

apron provided with receptacle engaging its opposite ends and adapted to be removably engaged with sa1d engaging means.

7. In a device of the class described, an

apron having receptacle supports adjacent its opposite ends, and a receptacle cover provided with hinge members proportioned to interengage with the supports.

8. In a device of the class described, an I apron having flanges, receptacle supports formed at the lower extremities of the flanges, and a receptacle cover provided with means to interengage with the supports.

9. In a device of the class described, an apron having flanges, receptacle supports formed in the lower extremities of the flanges, and a receptacle cover member provided with openings adapted to interengage with the support.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWIN A. MoKOY.

Witnesses:

JOHN L. FLETCHER, L. L. MORRILL. 

